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Paul Newman Dies at 83 RIP

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:52:09 GMT

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clipper's remarks: NEW HAVEN, CONN. -- Paul Newman, the Academy-Award winning superstar who personified cool as an activist, race car driver, popcorn impresario and the anti-hero of such films as "Hud," "Cool Hand Luke" and "The Color of Money," has died. He was 83.

Newman died Friday after a long battle with cancer at his farmhouse near Westport, publicist Jeff Sanderson said. He was surrounded by his family and close friends.

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Legendary film star Paul Newman dies at 83

The stunningly handsome actor maintained his superstar status through nearly 100 Broadway, television and movie roles, evolving into Hollywood's elder statesman. He was 83 and had been diagnosed with cancer. Discuss | A-Z

Anonymity online can turn nice people nasty

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:21:05 GMT

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Clip Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

One minute, they’re nice, normal people. The next, they’re frothing at the mouse.

“It’s mind-boggling the things people will say and even the things I will say,” says Catherine McIntyre, a 38-year-old medical billing specialist from Houston. “People who’d never say something horrible in real life will do it again and again and again online. It’s like the behavior of crowds, or those mass beatings where no one gets blamed because everyone’s at fault.”

Hello. You have reached the split personality zone. Press 1 to melt down. Press 2 to hang up and act like a normal person again.

not only have we developed an abrupt, abbreviated way to chat (IMHO), but our technological advances have spawned new psychological terms such as “online disinhibition effect” to explain our tendency to open up — in both good ways and bad — when we’re sitting in front of a screen.

Tags: online, internet, social, social networking, behavior

Clean Your House In 19 Minutes

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:03:20 GMT

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Clip Source: shine.yahoo.com

Clean Your House In 19 Minutes

With a plan of attack, you can maintain a sparkling house in just 19 minutes a day

Photographer: Mikkel Vang

Kitchen, 4 1/2 minutes daily

Always start with the sink. A sparkling sink becomes your kitchen's benchmark for hygiene and tidiness, inspiring you to load the dishwasher immediately and keep counters, refrigerator doors, and the stove top spick-and-span, too.

Photographer: Mikkel Vang

Bathroom, 2 minutes daily

Make cleaning the basin as routine as washing your hands. But don't stop there. Get the most out of your premoistened wipe by using it to clean around the edges of the tub and then the toilet before tossing it.

Photographer: Mikkel Vang

Bedroom, 6 1/2 minutes daily

Make your bed right before or after your morning shower. A neat bed will inspire you to deal with other messes immediately.

Photographer: Mikkel Vang

Family Room, Living Room, Foyer, 6 minutes daily

Start with the sofa -- as long as it's in disarray, your living room will never look tidy.

Tags: cleaning, house, tidying up, housekeeping

A Brief History of Actual Exploding Animals

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:50:48 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Self-detonating ants! How odd is that?

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In 2005 reports began to come in that hundreds, possibly thousands, of toads were exploding in Hamburg

it was strongly suspected that the frogs, once attacked by birds, were puffing up to defend themselves - only to burst

Another theory is that the toads were self-selecting to reduce their own populations or

some kind of virus. At least one species of ant is known to use self-detonation as a defense mechanism, explosively spraying its opponents with poison as it violently perishes.

Now, humans exploding is a relatively rare phenomenon but it has been known to happen.

King William the First exploded violently after a delay in his burial allowed for advanced decay

a number of divers died due to the explosive decompression of their diving chamber. One of the unfortunate victims violently exploded

Animals have also been intentionally sent into harm’s way during wartime

dogs in World War II being trained to seek out and detonate upon contact

Bats were also trained to

roost and subsequently explode.